He said the fund would strengthen the NCDC’s operational readiness and support critical national public health emergency response activities.
The agency said criminal groups were increasingly preying on vulnerable Nigerians, particularly young women and girls.
Out of the 303 irregular migrants apprehended, 285 were adults while 18 others were minors.
Mr Akuneme said the comptroller-general, Isa Jere, who gave the directive, also approved the deployment of passport controllers to Ondo and Ekiti states.
Ten of the recently rescued victims were intercepted along the Daura-Kongolon road while heading to Europe through Niger Republic and Libya.
The controller promised to return those already repatriated to their families after NIS must have concluded its investigation.
